Ike’s Wrath Felt Five Years Ago Today

posted by KTRH’s Cliff Saunders
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3 years ago

It was five years ago today. Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston, causing $25 billion worth of damage. Former Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas told KTRH she thought they were ready for what Ike had in store.

“What we didn’t anticipate was the surge tide from the north side of the island to the Port of Houston,” Thomas said.

But Thomas also says the damage could have been a lot worse.

“We had a lot of destruction but it would have been substantially more destruction had we not had the seawall,” Thomas stated.

That was five years ago. Today, Galveston is almost all the way back. Current Mayor Lewis Rosen says by all measures, things look good.